Interview: The Discovery of Freedom

Education | May 20, 2011

By Eric D. Dixon | Read Time 1 minute

Rose Wilder Lane, famous to most for her connection to the Little House on the Prairie novels, was a celebrated author in her own right. Her 1943 book The Discovery of Freedom was a landmark work in free-market thought, influencing generations of scholars to come. The book has been a featured selection in both the Saint Louis and Columbia Show-Me Institute book clubs. On Jan. 11, the institute's editor, Eric D. Dixon, appeared on the Columbia radio show hosted by institute supporter Steve Spellman on KOPN 89.5 FM to talk about Lane's book and her wide-ranging legacy as a touchstone of the modern freedom movement.

Full Interview (MP3)

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Eric D. Dixon

Eric D. Dixon Eric D. Dixon worked as the Show-Me Institute's editor from May 2007 until 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Brigham Young University, and although he originally planned to pursue a life in newspapers, he never got over his 1997 internship at the Cato Institute. He has since kept a foot in both journalism and public policy, working for U.S. Term Limits, Americans for Limited Government, the Cascade Policy Institute, Liberty magazine, the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Idaho Press-Tribune.

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